Warblers today in DC
GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU
Fri, 21 Aug 98 15:08:18 EDT
Barry and I made another excursion to Rock Creek Park, birding the ridge,
maintenance yard and "dog field." There was less activity than yesterday,
nevertheless we saw a number of fall neotropical migrants:
August 21, 1998: Black-throated Blue (ad.M, 1), Canada (4), Chestnut-sided
(4), Redstart (6), Blackburnian (1), Yellowthroat (1), probable Wilson's
(in flight only, 1), Red-eyed Vireo (6), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (7), Eastern
Phoebe (6), Empidonax sp. (seen only briefly, prob. Acadian,1), E. Pewee (1),
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (6), House Wren (2), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (2),
Bobolink (2).
The passage will probably slow as the cold front dissipates. But of course
it is only the overture to the autumn bird symphony!
Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
gail@umdd.umd.edu